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Proverbs 9:13

A foolish woman is clamorous: she is simple, and knoweth nothing.

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אֵ֣שֶׁתesheteachאִשָּׁהnoun, common, feminine, singular, construct — “each”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH802a woman(adulter) ess, each, every, female, [idiom] many, [phrase] none, one, [phrase] together, wife, woman. Often unexpressed in English.כְּ֭סִילוּתkesilutfoolishכְּסִילוּתnoun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “foolish”, the ordinary formH3687sillinessfoolish.הֹֽמִיָּ֑הhomiyahbe disquietedהָמָהverb, qal, participle, absolute — “be disquieted”, a verb used as a describing wordH1993to make a loud sound (like English 'hum'); by implication, to be in great commotion or tumult, to rage, war, moan, clamorclamorous, concourse, cry aloud, be disquieted, loud, mourn, be moved, make a noise, rage, roar, sound, be troubled, make in tumult, tumultuous, be in an uproar.פְּ֝תַיּ֗וּתpetayutsimpleפְּתַיּוּתnoun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “simple”, the ordinary formH6615silliness (i.e. seducibility)simple.וּבַלuvaland lestבַּלconjunction, particle, negative — “and lest”H1077properly, a failure; by implication nothing; usually (adverb) not at all; also lestlest, neither, no, none (that...), not (any), nothing.יָ֥דְעָהyadeahknowיָדַעverb, qal, perfect, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “know”, a completed actionH3045to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including observation, care, recognition; and causatively, instruction, designation, punishment, etc.)acknowledge, acquaintance(-ted with), advise, answer, appoint, assuredly, be aware, (un-) awares, can(-not), certainly, comprehend, consider, [idiom] could they, cunning, declare, be diligent, (can, cause to) discern, discover, endued with…מָּֽהmahhowמָהparticle, interrogative — “how”H4100properly, interrogative what? (including how? why? when?); but also exclamation, what! (including how!), or indefinitely what (including whatever, and even relatively, that which); often used with prefixes in various adverbial or conjunctive senseshow (long, oft, (-soever)), (no-) thing, what (end, good, purpose, thing), whereby(-fore, -in, -to, -with), (for) why.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

The woman Folly is riotous; she is thoughtless, and knoweth nothing.

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American Standard Version (1901)

The foolish woman is clamorous; She is simple, and knoweth nothing.

Young’s Literal Translation

A foolish woman [is] noisy, Simple, and hath not known what.

World English Bible

The foolish woman is loud, undisciplined, and knows nothing.

Darby Translation

The foolish woman is clamorous; she is stupid, and knoweth nothing.

Douay-Rheims

A foolish woman and clamorous, and full of allurements, and knowing nothing at all,

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

The woman Folly is riotous; she is thoughtless, and knoweth nothing.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

A foolish and bold woman, who knows not modesty, comes to want a morsel.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Γυνὴ ἄφρων καὶ θρασεῖα ἐνδεὴς ψωμοῦ γίνεται, ἣ οὐκ ἐπίσταται αἰσχύνην.